Rethinking Christian Identity
Title | Rethinking Christian Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Medi Ann Volpe |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2013-01-04 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1405195118 |
Recent decades have seen major shifts in our understanding of Christian identity. This timely book explores contemporary theological theory in asking what makes a Christian in the twenty-first century. Engages with developments in contemporary theological thought, assessing the work of leading figures Rowan Williams, John Milbank, and Kathryn Tanner Challenges accepted ideas of Christian identity by revealing largely unexplored perspectives on how sin affects its formation Contributes to vexed debates about Christian identity at a time when Christianity is expanding in some regions, yet in decline in many parts of the Western world
Rethinking Early Christian Identity
Title | Rethinking Early Christian Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Maia Kotrosits |
Publisher | Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Bibles |
ISBN | 1451492650 |
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Union Theological Seminary, 2013 under title: Affect, violence, and belonging in early Christianity.
Rethinking Latino(a) Religion and Identity
Title | Rethinking Latino(a) Religion and Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Miguel A. De La Torre |
Publisher | |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
This book critically examine how Latinos(as) engage in defining their identity, which in turn affects how their religious beliefs and expressions are created and constructed.
The Self Examined
Title | The Self Examined PDF eBook |
Author | Jenny McGill |
Publisher | ACU Press |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2018-09-04 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1684269776 |
Through a fresh investigation of the relationship between faith and identity, this diverse group of international contributors offers an engaging discussion of human identity—and specifically, Christian identity. From a biblical foundation, they address theological discussions of identity and contemporary cultural themes, such as migration, ethnicity, embodiment, attachment, and gender. Straightforward and thought-provoking, The Self Examined is an accessible guide to this wide-ranging and important issue.
Rethinking Early Christian Identity
Title | Rethinking Early Christian Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Maia Kotrosits |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2015-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1451494262 |
Maia Kotrosits challenges the contemporary notion of “early Christian literature,” showing that a number of texts usually so described—including Hebrews, Acts, the Gospel of John, Colossians, 1 Peter, the letters of Ignatius, the Gospel of Truth, and the Secret Revelation of John—are “not particularly interested” in a distinctive Christian identity. By appealing to trauma studies and diaspora theory and giving careful attention to the dynamics within these texts, she shows that this sample of writings offers complex reckonings with chaotic diasporic conditions and the transgenerational trauma of colonial violence.
Christian Identity
Title | Christian Identity PDF eBook |
Author | E. M. Conradie |
Publisher | AFRICAN SUN MeDIA |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2005-07-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1919980881 |
This book is rooted in the quest for Christian identity in the Southern African context where Christianity is faced with many stark challenges, internal tensions and experiences of rapid social change. The book explores six aspects of the highly complex notion of Christian identity, namely Christian institutions, a Christian ethos, Christian rituals, Christian experiences (with specific reference to the notion of ?faith?), Christian narratives (with specific reference to the category of ?revelation? and the place of the Bible in the Christian tradition) and Christian doctrine.
Why This New Race
Title | Why This New Race PDF eBook |
Author | Denise Buell |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2008-08-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0231133359 |
Denise Kimber Buell radically rethinks the origins of Christian identity, arguing that race and ethnicity played a central role in early Christian theology. Focusing on texts written before the legalization of Christianity in 313 C.E., including Greek apologetic treatises, martyr narratives, and works by Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Justin Martyr, and Tertullian, Buell shows how philosophers and theologians defined Christians as a distinct group within the Roman world, characterizing Christianness as something both fixed in its essence and fluid in its acquisition through conversion. Buell demonstrates how this view allowed Christians to establish boundaries around the meaning of Christianness and to develop the kind of universalizing claims aimed at uniting all members of the faith. Her arguments challenge generations of scholars who have refused to acknowledge ethnic reasoning in early Christian discourses. They also provide crucial insight into the historical legacy of Christian anti-Semitism and contemporary issues of race.